Since 2017, Milwaukee Krampusnacht has celebrated the half-goat/half-demon Krampus—a.k.a. a figure from Alpine folklore who punishes naughty children and acts as a foil to the do-gooding Saint Nicholas. The annual blowout boasts a family-friendly night of costumes, music, food and drink, parades, scavenger hunts, and arts and crafts. Milwaukee is the city of festivals, after all, so why not an annual Krampusnacht?
Itching for Milwaukee Krampusnacht 2024? It’s coming! To various locations in the Brewery District! On Sunday, December 1! Get your tickets HERE!
There’s a LOT going on for Milwaukee Krampusnacht 2024. Here’s the full schedule of events, including a pre-fest screening of Red One!
Saturday, November 16, 8:30 p.m.: Milwaukee Krampusnacht screening of Red One @ Avalon Theater
When Santa gets kidnapped by Krampus, a strikeforce from the North Pole is assembled to retrieve him. Red One stars Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, J.K. Simmons, Kiernan Shipka, and Lucy Liu (plus Kristofer Hivju as Krampus). Get your photo taken with Krampus and company in the lobby before the movie. “Just movie” and “movie plus half off Krampusnacht general admission” tickets available: https://milwaukeekrampusnacht.ticketbud.com/milwaukee-krampusnacht-2024
Sunday, December 1, 3-10 p.m.: Milwaukee Krampusnacht @ Brewery District
Best Place (917 W. Juneau Ave.)
Best Place’s Gift Shop will be open, their café will be serving hot drinks.
Best Place Great Hall OnMilwaukee Stage
3 p.m.: DJ Shotski
5 p.m.: The Squeezettes
6 p.m.: Xposed 4heads
7:30 p.m.: Pos-Parade Monster Party w/ Extra Crispy Brass Band, Tamarind Tribal Belly Dance, and the Mari Lwyd Rap Battle (Dr. Meffenstein and his Mari Lwyd vs Puerto Wiccan, jon henry, and Super Ego, emcee: Darrin Alston Jr.)
Great Hall is also where we’ll have donation boxes for our Toys for Tots toy drive, and our white elephant exchange is in Capt. Pabst’s Office in the Great Hall.
Best Place St. Nick’s Speakeasy (underneath Great Hall)
Tarot readers and Milwaukee Theremin Society performs at 5 and 6 p.m.
King’s Courtyard (by Gift Shop)
4 p.m.: Milwaukee Theremin Society
4:30 p.m.: Heavy Metal Krampus I
5 p.m.: Wend O’Lynn
6 p.m.: Dark Arts Circus
Best Place Blue Ribbon Hall
Activities sponsored by Northwoods Bricks
3:30 p.m.: Kid’s Krampus Hour
5 p.m.: “Wisconsin’s Legendary Monsters,” presented by Jeff Finup (Badgerland Legends)
5:30 p.m.: Krampuskarten workshop (make your own Krampus-themed holiday cards!)
7:30 p.m.: German pub party with Milwaukee Alpenbläser
Pilot Project (1128 N.9th St.)
Open for food and drink. Pilot Project has partnered with Krampusnacht for a special brew: Wee Heavy Horns. Wee Heavy Horns Pilot Project Market has over 15 vendors. The WMSE Yeti Lounge & Barrel Rooms has additional vendors, the official Milwaukee Krampusnacht merch booth, and special gaming session with local tabletop role-playing game creators.
Barley Room (1125 N. 9th St.)
Over 30 vendors in the American Science & Surplus Barley Room Market, plus this year Best Place will have a pop-up bar featuring a drink special called “Krampusschlap.”
American Ghost Walks haunted tour bus departs and drops off outside the Barley Room.
You can find a full list of vendors here: 2024 Vendors – Milwaukee Krampusnacht 2024: Sunday Dec. 1st
Amped (910 W. Juneau Ave.)
Serving food, drink, and karaoke.
4 p.m.: The Full Frontal Püppets present: A Xmas Xarol
5 p.m.: Krampus Court (improv comedy)
6 p.m.: The Full Frontal Püppets present: A Xmas Xarol
Warning: both A Xmas Xarol and Krampus Court contain “adult humor”
Plus the Krampusnacht Creepy Holiday Village diorama contest and Yule Cat Alley karaoke outside.
On Tap (1203 N. 10th St.)
Open for food and drink.
Patio: Goth Barge DJs
Spooky Frog Scavenger Hunt (get your map for $5, find the 9 locations on it and get a stamp at each one for a special prize.)
10th Street Market outside On Tap/ Brewhouse Inn has a dozen vendors, plus food trucks.
Preservation Park (next to Best Place): Unorthodox Entertainment Company presents Christmas at the Dollhouse Escape Room
American Ghost Walks Krampus Parade: 7 p.m. on Juneau Ave.
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